Assembly Bill No. 235

CHAPTER 122

An act relating to state claims, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

[Approved by Governor August 19, 2013. Filed with Secretary of State August 19, 2013.]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 235, Gatto. State claims.

Existing law requires the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to ensure that all claims that have been approved by the board, and for which there exists no legally available appropriation, are submitted for legislative approval at least twice each calendar year.

This bill would appropriate funds from various funds for the payment of claims allowed by the board, as specified. This bill would require the Controller, upon the request of the board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, to transfer surcharges and fees from the specified Budget Act item of appropriation identified in the bill to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013. This bill would require the board to provide a report of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Appropriation: yes.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

(a) The sum of one million eighty thousand five hundred eighty dollars and seventy cents ($1,080,580.70) is hereby appropriated from the various funds, as specified in subdivision (b), to the Executive Officer of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board for the payment of claims accepted by the board in accordance with the schedule set forth in subdivision (b).

(b)Pursuant to subdivision (a), claims accepted by the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board shall be paid in accordance with the following schedule:

 

Total for Fund: General Fund (0001)   


$623,163.18

Total for Fund: Estate Tax Fund (0085)   


$4,038.64

Total for Fund: Continuing Care Provider Fee Fund (0163)   


$1,297.36

Total for Fund: Restitution Fund (0214)   


$121,833.00

Total for Fund: California Water Resources Development Bond Fund (0502)   



$201.48

Total for Fund: Unclaimed Property Fund (0970)   


$1,622.23

  

Total for Fund: Item 0840-001-0001(2) Budget Act of 2013   


$95,056.49

Total for Fund: Item 2740-001-0044 Budget Act of 2013, Program 11   


$1,610.08

Total for Fund: Item 4260-001-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 20   


$172,196.11

Total for Fund: Item 4260-101-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 20.10.030   



$1,822.75

Total for Fund: Item 5180-111-0001 Budget Act of 2013, Program 25.15   


$21,819.23

Total for Fund: Item 6800-510-0948 Budget Act of 2013   


$637.33

Total for Fund: Item 7100-001-0185 Budget Act of 2013, Program 21   


$34,945.04

Total for Fund: Item 7760-001-0666 Budget Act of 2013, Program 30   


$268.78

Total for Fund: Item 7900-517-0822 Budget Act of 2013, Program 20   


$69.00

 

SEC. 2.  

Upon the request of the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board, in a form prescribed by the Controller, the Controller shall transfer surcharges and fees from the Budget Act items of appropriation identified in subdivision (b) of Section 1 of this act to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013. For each Budget Act item of appropriation, this amount shall not exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code. For those items in subdivision (b) that do not reflect a Budget Act appropriation, the Controller shall transfer an amount not to exceed the cumulative total of the per claim filing fees authorized by subdivision (c) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code and the surcharge authorized by subdivision (f) of Section 905.2 of the Government Code. This amount shall be transferred for the support of the board reimbursements to Item 7870-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013. The board shall provide a report of the amounts recovered pursuant to this authority to the Department of Finance within 90 days of the enactment of this act.

SEC. 3.  

This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

In order to pay claims against the state and end hardship to claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go into immediate effect.



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